[okie01]

We can’t go back to 2001 and fix the idiocy of expiring tax cuts.

You realize, of course, why the Bush tax cuts expired?

A permanent tax cut would've been subjected to a Democrat filibuster in the Senate and never would've arrived on the floor. A temporary tax cut could be passed as a "budget reconciliation" measure by a bare majority -- which is all that the Republicans had at the time (50 Senators + VP Cheney).

[FreeReign]

You realize, of course, why the Bush tax cuts expired? A permanent tax cut would've been subjected to a Democrat filibuster in the Senate and never would've arrived on the floor. A temporary tax cut could be passed as a "budget reconciliation" measure by a bare majority -- which is all that the Republicans had at the time (50 Senators + VP Cheney).

I do.